Entire human skeleton unearthed in backyard, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept.

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Updated: 11:50 PM PST Dec 28, 2017

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WEBVTT WALTER: THE NEIGHBORHOOD FINALLYLEARNS WHY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIESHAVE BEEN NEXT DOOR FOR DAYS.>> SOMEONE MUST'VE GOTTENMURDERED.THAT'S THE FIRST THING THAT CAMETO MY MIND.WALTER: FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS,LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE BEEN IN ANDOUT OF THIS HOME ON THE 6200BLOCK OF DUNDEE DRIVE.>> THERE WAS A LOT OF COPS THATCAME OUT.THE CORONER VAN CAME OUT.THEY'D BEEN WATCHING THE PLACEFOR ABOUT TWO OR THREE DAYS NOW.IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH.WALTER: THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT GOT THECALL.>> 2:28 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON,THAT CALL CAME FROM A HOME THEREON DUNDEE WHERE WE ENDED UPFINDING THE REMAINS SKELETALREMAINS.WALTER: AT THIS POINT, HE SAYSTHEY DON'T KNOW THE AGE, SEX, ORRACE OF THE DECEASED.TENANTS OF NEARLY TEN YEARS WEREJUST EVICTED THE HOME WASCOMPLETELY TRASHED.BRIAN JOHNSTON WAS ONE OF THEWORKERS DOING THE CLEAN UP.>> WELL, HE HAD ONE BONE, LIKE AFEMUR IT LOOKED LIKE, THE BIGONE AND ONE BELOW IT WAS JUSTLAID OUT RIGHT THERE.WALTER THE HOMEOWNER, WHO ONLYWANTS TO BE IDENTIFIED BY HISFIRST NAME, SHOWED US THESHALLOW GRAVE WHERE THE COMPLETEHUMAN SKELETON WAS FOUND, JUSTTWO FEET AWAY FROM THE CONCRETESLAB OF THE BACKYARD PATIO.>> BY THE TIME THAT WE NOTICEDIT, WE HAD ALREADY DONE 7 DUMPRUNS AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THETRAILER WAS FULL 10 FEET HIGH.WALTER NEIGHBORS SAY THERE WAS: ALWAYS SOMETHING STRANGE ABOUTTHE PEOPLE WHO LIVED THERE.>> THERE WAS ALWAYS JUST THISRANDOM PEOPLE GOING OVER THERE.IT WAS JUST AWKWARD LIKE A BUNCHOF CRAZY PEOPLE.THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMED LIKE.WALTER: THE HOMEOWNER SAYS THATHE'S JUST RELIEVED THAT THE FULLSKELETON HAS BEEN REMOVED ANDHE'S HAPPY THAT THE PROPERTY HASBEEN DEEMED CLEAR OF ANY OTHERHUMAN REMAINS.IN NORTH HIGHLANDS, WALTER

Body ‘surfaced’ from ground at North Highlands home, official says

Entire human skeleton unearthed in backyard, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Dept.

Deputies are investigating after a buried body was found at a North Highlands home, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department said Thursday.

The body was found Tuesday afternoon in the backyard of a home in the 6200 block of Dundee Drive. The body “had surfaced from beneath the ground” and was found by workers renovating the home, Sgt. Shaun Hampton said in a news release.

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The homeowner who did not want to be identified said he had to evict the previous tenants because they hadn’t paid their rent for the past year. After going into the home, he found it in deplorable conditions.

While cleaning the home and hauling away seven trailer loads of trash, workers spotted what appeared to be part of a leg sticking out of the ground.

Investigators spent two days at the home as they processed the scene and found an entire human skeleton buried in the backyard, Hampton said.

“At this time, it is not believed the remains are ancient and the matter is being investigated as a suspicious death,” Hampton said.